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DAT IQ: The Metrics that Matter with Samuel Parker

The Logistics of Logistics

Shippers, brokers, carriers, news organizations and industry analysts rely on DAT for trends and data insights based on a database of $150 billion in annual market transactions. Network Analytics: Understand past, present, and future market conditions. Source capacity with precision using supply and demand metrics and forecasts.

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Mapping the trucking market: How data tracks freight economy, rates, capacity, volumes and rejections

FreightWaves SONAR

Companies with access to accurate near-real-time data not only improve their operations; they also gain the ability to depict the current state of the trucking market. That information then leads to improved rates, capacity, and several other benefits. These accurate depictions of the market come from the tracking of data.

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Truck Capacity Shortage: The Past, Present and Future

Talking Logistics

From the last half of 2017 through today and beyond, a slew of market forces, some predictable and some unexpected, have combined to create a very real truck capacity shortage in the United States. Market Review: Past, Present and Future. Make no mistake — today, it’s a carrier’s world and shippers are living in it. ELD Mandate.

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LTL in a Post-Yellow World with Curtis Garrett

The Logistics of Logistics

Curtis has spent 16 years in the LTL industry – 8 of those with Old Dominion Freight Line, and the last 8 with Reconex, FreightPlus, and Understand LTL – which he recently launched as an LTL focused education firm. About FreightPlus Founded in 1988 by trucking industry veteran, Russ Aborn, FreightPlus (formerly Aborn and Co.)

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Finding Trucking Capacity by Rapidly Onboarding New Carriers

Turvo

In the logistics and shipping industry, capacity refers to the amount of space secured on trucks and other vehicles to carry shipment loads. This generally gets referred to as trucking capacity, and it remains one of the most critical aspects of dealing with supply chain disruptions.

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Understanding Freightonomics with Anthony Smith

The Logistics of Logistics

Anthony transitioned to a Corporate Economist & Consultant, advising CXO leaders and Fortune 500 companies on economic analysis, industry trends, and internal strategy. Anthony’s clients varied from construction, trucking, industrial, software, manufacturing, and retail industries. pageviews a month and over 1.5B

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Shipping Industry News

Trans Global Auto Logistics

Determining the current state of shipping industry news is similar to looking into a Magic 8 Ball – when you shake it and the water settles, the message says, “Future Remains Uncertain.” Shipping Industry News: The Good. The good news is that the shipping industry is doing better than expected.